Dan Gaita, left, owner of Private Studio Fitness, talks with a group of veterans, including Bethel resident John Hogan, who served in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968 earning two Purple Hearts, in his studio in Bethel, Conn. on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. Gaita, who served from 1992 to 1996, turned his fitness business into a nonprofit to help fellow combat veterans, especially those struggling with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Photo: Tyler Sizemore